WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 111

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced February 8, 2017; referred
to the Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3. Authorization for Department of Environmental protection to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 26, 2016, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (Ambient Air Quality Standards, 45 CSR 08), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Ambient Air Quality Standards.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.